Iran Is Increasing Its Influence in Venezuela. Watch Out, U.S.
This authoritarian partnership has the potential to fundamentally threaten the region’s stability.
Venezuela
Nicolás the Woke
Venezuela’s strongman Nicolás Maduro uses the lingo of the American Left, which begins to sound like him.
Biden’s Snubbed Summit of the Americas
The president’s weakness has allowed Latin American countries to turn their backs to the United States.
Biden Commits Diplomatic Malpractice in Venezuela
Nothing serious has ever come from negotiations over democracy with Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. His criminal regime cannot risk free elections.
Nicaragua Withdraws from Organization of American States over Election Dispute
In March, Nicaragua’s Ambassador to the OAS publicly condemned his government at the OAS Permanent Council, calling it a ‘dictatorship.’
Venezuelan Bond Prices Are Jumping as Biden Administration Increases Engagement
President Biden seems to have no problem lining the pockets of a socialist dictator as long as he can lower the price at the pump.
Biden’s Low-Energy Policy
The long-term danger in the president’s antipathy to fossil fuels.
Oil from a Democracy Is Better Than Oil from a Dictatorship
The ‘Let’s ask Maduro’ strategy should prompt a reconsideration of our energy approach.
Biden’s Energy-Policy Bind
Should the United States throw a lifeline to the worst tyrant in the Western hemisphere in order to undermine an even worse tyrant in Europe?
Deal with a Different Devil? Oil Markets Are Sending U.S. Leaders to Maduro
With diminished U.S. oil production, the Biden administration is faced with punishing one thuggish regime by rewarding another.